Improvement in piano-leg protectors



W'. S. EVANS.

.PIANO- LEG P'noTEc're'R.

No. 179,690. Pmmu my 1.1., 187s.

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NJ'ITRS. PHOTD-UTNOGRAPHER| WASHINGTON. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT CEEIoE.

WILLIAM S. EVANS, OF ORRVILLE, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN PIANO-LEG PROTECTORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 179,690, dated July 1l,1876; application tiled May 24, 1816.

To all whom it may concern:

, Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. EVANS, of Orrville, NVayne county,State of Ohio, have invented certain Improvements in Piano-LegProtectors, of which the following is a specification:

rIhe objectof my invention is to provide protectors for piano-legs,which may be readily adjusted and detached as required, for cleanine,`and polishing, piano-legs.

The majority ofpianos in use have their legs tied up in newspapers orcloth, presenting` an unsightly appearance and hiding from view the mostelaborately-designed part of the instrument.

My invention consists in constructing protectors for the piano-legs,lot' wire, willowware, cane, or other suitable material, which willeffectually protect the exposed or front part ot' the legs, at the sametime exposing the leg to View. These protectors are fastened to theunderside of the piano-case in such a manner that they fit around thefront part ot' the leg, the lower part otl the protectors resting on theiloor, thereby giving them stability and stitl'ness to thoroughlyprotect the legfrom injury, and a-t the same time allow the beauty ot'the inished carving and polishing' to be seen. w

In order to more fully describe my invention I rel'er to theaccompanying drawings,

forming a part of lthis specification.

Figure I represents a side View of my improved protector for piano-legs.Fig'. II is a plan view of the same.

A represents the frame, to which is fastened the Wire net-work a a.. bis a spiral wire lwound around the upper part otl the frame A, givingelasticity to this part of the frame, which touches the under side ofthe piano-case, when the protector is adj usted or detached. c isanother spiral wire wound around the lower part of the frame A, givingelasticity to this part ot the frame which rests on the door. d is aneye made inthe end ot' the upper part ot frame A, for the purpose ot'fastening the protector to a hook applied to the bottom part of thepianovframe. cis a vertical bend of the opposite end ofthe frame A,littiug into a mortise or journal in the bottom otl the piano-frame,allowing. the protector to be swung out from the leg' when it is desiredto clean or polish the-same.

Having thus described my invention, I desire to claim- As a new articleof manufacture, a piano-leg.

protector, consisting ol" fra-nie A with net-work a, elastic bands b andc, land eye d, and hook e, substantially as described.

Y WILLIAM S. EVANS. Witnesses:

S. N. COE, A. W. BOMBERGER.

